Chinese symbol for “tunneling”
掏空
tāo kōng
to hollow out; to empty out; to use up; (finance) tunneling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tunneling is 掏空 (tāo kōng), defined as: to hollow out; to empty out; to use up; (finance) tunneling.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 掏空.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掏出 | tāo chū | to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) |
| 掏钱 (掏錢) | tāo qián | to pay; to spend money |
| 自掏腰包 | zì tāo yāo bāo | to pay out of one's own pocket; to dig into one's pocket |
| 掏腰包 | tāo yāo bāo | to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill |
| 掏包 | tāo bāo | to pick pockets |
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 航空 | háng kōng | aviation |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tunneling”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.